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Tinder usage soars 348 percent at the Olympic Villages during the Olympic Winter Games

February 22, 2018

BY ABC News

When the athletes at the Winter Olympics are not competing on the ice, on the slopes or the halfpipe, they are likely swiping left or right on Tinder -- a lot.

Tinder tells ABC News that since the Olympics, its app usage in Pyeongchang has increased 348 percent with an uptick in right swipes by 565 percent. Swiping right on Tinder means there's an interest in that person by the user. And those right swipes seemed to result in quite a few matches, too, as Tinder reports there's been an increase in matches by 644 percent.